“Whore” is considered an unpleasant word by many people.
I picked up the usage from a couple of sex workers’ blogs. Now that it’s brought to my attention, though, I think they were explicitly trying to reclaim the word, which implies there was a problem with it to begin with. I should have caught that before using it in other venues.
That combined with the overall tone may have made people think your intention was trollish
Guilty on tone if not trollishness. I’ll admit I’m seethingly hostile to grade school in general and sex ed/drug ed/anything with the same general characteristics in particular; I consider the latter fundamentally dishonest and an insult to the students.
There is no plausible transition from the way the world exists at present to one where...
Agreed. I presented the idea because it seemed both good and original; I know it’s not politically tenable. The issues you mention are real ones; I just file them both under “people are crazy, the world is mad.”
Thanks for paying the karma toll to answer me.
I picked up the usage from a couple of sex workers’ blogs. Now that it’s brought to my attention, though, I think they were explicitly trying to reclaim the word, which implies there was a problem with it to begin with. I should have caught that before using it in other venues.
Guilty on tone if not trollishness. I’ll admit I’m seethingly hostile to grade school in general and sex ed/drug ed/anything with the same general characteristics in particular; I consider the latter fundamentally dishonest and an insult to the students.
Agreed. I presented the idea because it seemed both good and original; I know it’s not politically tenable. The issues you mention are real ones; I just file them both under “people are crazy, the world is mad.”